Commentary – Love for My People: Some Reflections on Sheila Walker and Life-Affirming Anthropology
I said I love being Black.I love the color of my skin,it’s the skin that I’m in.I love the texture of my hair,and I rock it everywhere.I said I love …
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The Virtues of Positive Ethnocentrism
Transforming Anthropology²The Journal of the Association of Black AnthropologistsFiftieth Anniversary Issue — Vol 28, No 2, 2020 Originally appeared inTransforming Anthropology 2.2 (1991) The editorial board of Transforming Anthropology, the …
Milestones and Arrows: A Cultural Anthropologist Discovers the Global African Diaspora
The United Nations (UN) declared 2015–2024 the International Decade for People of African Descent with the guiding themes of Recognition, Justice, and Development. Recognition, the theme here, which might be …
Without Understanding the Africans in the Atlantic World, You Cannot Have a Clear Understanding of What the Modern World Is
The African Diaspora and the Modern World was the title of the 1996 conference I organized, with support from UNESCO, at the University of Texas at Austin when I was …
LAFF, a Success Story
Introduced in Egypt in 1896, cinema rapidly evolved to a thriving industry producing more than 4,000 films to date and becoming a distribution center for American films and, to a …
Maunier-Rossi, Matthieu
N’dow, Nana-Jo
Ruthan (An Arabi-Juba Word Meaning Language)
ALGO-RHYTHM
Sander-Holzman, Marin
2021 Statement
The 28th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF28) is presented under the banner, “Notes from Home: Recurring Dreams & Women’s Voices.” Programs in this edition of the festival present the …
The New York African Film Festival Returns Virtually February 4 – March 4, 2021
Still from Our Lady of the Nile The 28th edition of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) returns with a virtual program celebrating the shared aspirations that drive humanity through time and …
Suhaib Gasmelbari on “Talking About Trees”
I can say without hesitation that Talking About Trees was born from an epic yet real image that happened in front of my eyes. It was the first time that …
New York African Film Festival Goes Virtual with Streaming Rivers: The Past into the Present
Tickets go on sale 11/23. Full film listing below. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center and African Film Festival, Inc.,the 27th edition of the NYAFF runs online December 2-6. Under the …
Migrants Migrate: The Impossible Return Q&A – 26th New York African Film Festival
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Review of Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta
With a dialogue track in French and Wolof, with English subtitles, and an original score composed by jazz musician Randy Weston, Ousmane William Mbaye’s biographical documentary on the Senegalese scholar …
Jean-Pierre Bekolo’s bold and inventive films push the limits of conventional genres
Dreamstates Q&A + Performance – 26th New York African Film Festival
Storytelling: The Tree of Plenty
Watch the video below and use the activity cards to learn more, create and build your own stories! About the Story This animal tale values memory to accomplish something. Nyira …
Learn the Mendiani Guinean Dance with Maguette Camara!
Learn the Mendiani dance from renowned dancer and choreographer, Maguette Camara. This is the dance of the young girls in Faranah, Guinea. There’s usually a competition in each village to …
Storytelling: The Thief and the Stick
Watch the video below and use the activity cards to learn more, create and build your own stories! About the Story A young villager’s wrong choice has consequences and he …
Storytelling: How Spider Tricked Snake
Watch the video below and use the activity cards to learn more, create and build your own stories! About the Story The trickster tale is a type of story motif …
“Inside/Outside” at Café Rose Nicaud and the Cinema of Joseph Gaï Ramaka
Interior↔ExteriorSubjective space, intuitive, ambivalent, willfully partisan.ThenTrace, cross out, trace again.Glimpse a fragmented reading.Trace, cross out, trace again.1Joseph Gaï Ramaka Filmmaker Joseph Gaï Ramaka, who was born in St. Louis, Senegal …
Learn the Kuku Guinean Dance with Maguette Camara!
Learn the Kuku dance from renowned dancer and choreographer, Maguette Camara. Kuku is the rhythm of the forest part of Guinea, in the region of Beyla. Although not part of …
African Film Distribution in the United States
INTRODUCTION Distribution remains one of the main challenges facing African cinema. Reaching domestic and international audiences is difficult despite the promise of digital technological innovations over the last fifteen years. …
2013 Statement
Under the banner “Looking Back, Looking Forward: 20 Years of the New York African Film Festival,”our 2013 edition is dedicated to commemorating half a century of African cinema and two …
2004 Statement
The African Film Festival, Inc. is pleased to present the 11th New York African Film Festival. The program will open with the US Premiere of Critical Assignment, Africa’s first action …
2018 Statement
25 Years of the New York African Film Festival 25 years ago, African Film Festival joined forces with Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) to honor African cinema and give …
2017 Statement
The Peoples’ Revolution The urge to reclaim stolen images and voices has been a motto for African filmmakers and artists since the 60s. Cinema has served as a megaphone for …
2019 Statement
Presented under the banner Beyond Borders: Storytelling Across Time, the 26th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) reaches back into the past and forward into the unknown, weaving a story of the …
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About the NYAFF
AFF’s flagship program, the annual New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) is curated around a timely theme and presented in collaboration with Film at Lincoln Center, Maysles Cinema in Harlem, …
Cinema Awujo!
(A·wu·jo): A Yoruba word meaning ‘community’ or ‘social gathering’—in Krio, it refers to a ceremonial feast. You’ve arrived at Cinema Awujo, a place to enjoy and commune with our curated …
An SLCCP Update
Since completing training, the following SLCCP participants have gone on to work in various roles in media, production and education. Read about their experiences below. Fouad Kargbo – Participant and …
Villa-Lobos, Francisco
Anjembe, Josza
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux (2018)
Balogun, Ola
Magic of Nigeria ()Black Goddess (2019)
Beshir, Jessica
He Who Dances on Wood (2020) – SI ArtsHairat (NYAFF25 – 2018, SI Arts – 2020)
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